Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: dreadnought72 on September 11, 2018, 01:49:10 pm
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Well, my sheds have arrived. Sheds? Yes, two: they're to be screwed together for maximum space.
Currently, Mrs Dreadnought72 is painting the panels before construction (as I'll have no access at the back once they're built).
The colour? Cuprinol 'Forest Green'.
Only, it's a very particular green. A sort of Dad's Army green.
We've been whistling the theme for an hour or so, now, and have already called it The Bunker. %%
Pictures of the build and fitting-out to follow over the next few weeks!
Andy
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Looking forward to watching this one coming together O0 . Hopefully get some inspiration from you.
Regards,
Ray.
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Walls are up, the roof and insulation is tomorrow's task. Lining (5mm ply) and electrics (big job) to follow. I've sketched a plan, and all looks good. ok2
Andy
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First concreting and now chippy-ing........... You will have your own construction company soon!!!!
Looking forward to seeing the pics O0
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You can never have too many electrical outlets. I have my workshop in a single garage, and have 3 quadruple outlets on one wall, 2 on the other, and one on the back wall. I still need to use extension leads. I also have an independent fuse/breaker box in the workshop. I have strip lighting both sides (0.5 m) from the walls, and I never work in my shadow.
Enjoy your shed/bunker. Those of us who have one forget how lucky we are.
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Before you insulate you might want to check about cable running through insulation ,I think it is all about heat dispersal . if your cable runs are visible it will not be a problem . Just because its a shed its good to get it right for insurance purpose. SHED ARE GOOD I HAVE 3 .
David
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My boss bought a shed on ebay for £100.00 but had to dismantle it and remove it from the sellers garden, it consisted of 3 walls made of panels that are usually for a garage, a front face that was tongue and groove timber with a big door, I cannot remember what the roof was, though the underside was timber, i think it was chipboard but he replaced it and re-felted it, the site he put it on was smaller so even though he had enough panels to do all three sides the front facing the house was still a cut down version of the original front, he put a back door in that was about the same as the width of a panel, but it wasn't square, after panelling the inside out on the 3 walls, he still had to do the front wall but never got round to doing it whilst i worked in there, yep I worked in there as it was now an office / workshop - for a full 18 months.
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Before you insulate you might want to check about cable running through insulation ,I think it is all about heat dispersal .
Hi David!
Thanks for the heads-up: it's a point well-made. The insulation is that foil-backed "bubble wrap" stuff, which is going to be stapled to the inside of the t&g walls. The cables will run in front of this, sitting in the air-gap behind the final plywood panelling - so they're not going to be buried in rockwool, which is where the heat dispersal issues arise.
I used this form of insulation in Shed #1 (the non-wired summerhouse) and it's toasty-lovely in there. :-))
Andy
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I got a new shed a couple of weeks ago. I'm not using it for model building though. I'm nice and cosy in the small spare bedroom!
We'd been renting one of those small storage units from when I'd been working on the house. Should have been a few months but ended up as years! So got a bigger shed (old one was going rotten anyway) and is now pretty full!
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Bought a small shed some 15 years ago , lined the interior with insulation plaster boarded over this with duplex boards then set to and plastered the ceiling and walls. It's so efficient in the winter that the heater only needs to be on for about 30mintes and then it remains snug even on a really cold evening . I have about 12 surface mounted electric points more than enough to power up what I need . But I just have to have plenty of good lighting all helps to keep the temperature just right without having to use the heater. But I still have to brave the rain to get to the shed at the bottom of the garden {:-{ .
Bowwave
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Got to be time for some photos!
(http://poyekhali.scot/shed/shed001.jpg)
This was taken about a week ago, a few seconds after two and a half tonnes of concrete had set. The width, from the inside of the fencepost to the monoblock is about 5'. Not great, but it's all I have. The mains cable was cunningly buried before the concrete mixer turned up!
(http://poyekhali.scot/shed/shed002.jpg)
Here we go, early this morning. The sheds are two 7-by-5 pents, with full standing headroom at the high side to about the midpoint.
One roof added:
(http://poyekhali.scot/shed/shed003.jpg)
...and I remembered to bring in the mains before it's stuck outside forever!
And the second roof:
(http://poyekhali.scot/shed/shed004.jpg)
Painting was going on throughout. We're eager to get this done.
The second door, clearly redundant, has been blocked in with slats from one of the unused end walls:
(http://poyekhali.scot/shed/shed005.jpg)
All gaps have been filled, and I've just finished laying the roof felt as the sun plummeted out of the sky. (The good bit here is that they sent one roll of felt which normal single-shed users would have to cut in half to cover the roof. I've had the fun of using both rolls to seal the top = one overlap and minimal wastage).
Tomorrow? Insulation and the first bits of wiring. It's going to rain tomorrow, but I now Do Not Care. :-))
Andy
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Great stuff Andy - thanks for posting the photos, they bring everything into perspective.
Looking forward to more of the same :-))
Regards,
Ray.
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Today - insulation started ... and finished!
(http://poyekhali.scot/shed/shed007.jpg)
Not yet super-effective, of course, with no windows and a gaping hole where the doorway is, but just being out of the wind helps a great deal, and I can almost convince myself that the air at head-height was warmer than expected.
(http://poyekhali.scot/shed/shed008.jpg)
T'other end. Once lined with ply it's going to be lovely in here. Even more lovely when I've got boats on the bench!
I was hoping to start wiring today, but was interrupted during insulating as a truck turned up with Shed #4 on it. (Now known as Not Andy's Boat Shed). NABS is a plastic fella made by a US company, that's like a giant Lego kit. It arrived in the biggest cardboard box I've ever seen. I had a heart-stopping moment when the box said it was 7'4" wide: the online details for it claimed 7' exactly - and I'd left 7'-and-a-smidge to fit it in. But a bit of tweaking later and it's in. Real reviewers suggested it was difficult to assemble "and might take 3-4 hours". However, son-in-law and I finished it in one-hour fifty, without even a sweary word. Super-easy to put together and surprisingly sturdy. :-))
(http://poyekhali.scot/shed/shed009.jpg)
Andy
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How are you channelling rainwater from the apex roof from going down the outer wall of your workshop?
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There's enough room for a gutter in between. I'll be running it down the gap there, before turning left to run along the back of the pentroof to a downpipe. :-))
Andy
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My uncle Don used to feed his shed roof run-off into a water butt, and once a year throw in some donkey droppings, to water the tomatoes. He swore by donkey and not horse. It sounds primitive by uncle Don did have great tomatoes.
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My uncle Don used to feed his shed roof run-off into a water butt, and once a year throw in some donkey droppings, to water the tomatoes. He swore by donkey and not horse. It sounds primitive by uncle Don did have great tomatoes.
All to himself?
Really protect the outer walls i have soaked mine in oil based preservative to stave off rot.
Glad you can fit a gutter damp is a killer.
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Brief one: I've got lights, so I can now work in the evenings! I bought a pair of the four-foot LED battens with diffusers. £60 from Screwfix, 44W, 4200 lumens and it's bright. Everso. (That's about the same light output as two and a half 100W incandescent bulbs.)
The lights claim to be good for 25k hours, so I think I've got about forty years left in 'em. %) I'll get a new pair when I turn 95.
I've put in wood battens to support my sockets and switches, which will end up about 15cm above my work surface, and I'm currently (ha!) wiring in double sockets. 6 done, one left to go, followed by a mighty wall switch. 14 outlets has to be enough, right? %%
Here's hoping the high winds forecast don't take my shed away: I'm liking it, a lot.
Andy
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Surround it with a concrete wall and roof it with several feet of earth and the shed will withstand any winds :-))
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A very busy week behind me - eight sheets of 8-by4 plywood later and the best part of three hundred screws, the workshop's almost completely lined. I should be finished tomorrow, at which point I'll put up some new photos. It's already looking extremely comfy! I've ordered glass (6mm safety glass) and should be glazing later in the week. And then there's filling and painting and building the workbenches and storage ... this never ends, does it?! %)
Andy
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And the all important electrics?
Colin
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Sorry - all tested and working. I've fitted a small consumer unit to protect everything.
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All lined! :-)) This is the currently tidy end.
(http://www.poyekhali.scot/shed/shed012.jpg)
Filler on standby. That's tomorrow's task, if my glass hasn't arrived yet. The CU is running off a plug at the moment - I'll connect to the armoured cable when the weather's better!
The less tidy end:
(http://www.poyekhali.scot/shed/shed010.jpg)
The walls will be white when I've got round to that - get even more light in here. There's about five feet of storage here, beyond where my benches will end up.
(http://www.poyekhali.scot/shed/shed013.jpg)
And the door's been insulated, lined, and now sports a lock. ...Though the keen-eyed might notice ne'er-do-wells can climb in through the middle window! (The shed came with four sheets of thin and flexible poly-glass glazing. It's horrible, though I've stapled the sheets on for weather protection. Window five is the ex-door.
Having lined the shed, it's gone from not-very-wobbly to pretty-rock-solid. An amazing difference - and it's warm, too!
Onwards!
Andy
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It might be wise to fit a wireless security system in your new facility as a lot of valuables will be left in there. The main alarm siren can be inaccessible and mounted high on your adjacent house building. I have 2 'Response' wireless systems at home and they are very good and each uses a handheld remote to arm. House system has siren mounted on the house front but the garage system has it's siren mounted on the back of the house. Installation requires no drilling other than for siren box mounting plugs and screws. The siren box has all the electronic gubbins and is recharged by the suns rays.
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The plan is:
Security light - solar powered, shining down the passageway. (The cats will, no doubt, set this off a bazillion times a night).
CCTV, down the same passage, with additional cameras covering the front and back gardens.
Ultimately, if someone wants in, they WILL get in...but it'll take some work and time. The really expensive bits (the proper boat's outboard motor, etc.) will be chained to the concreted base, and stored within the shed's internal locked box.
Best I can do, really. Beyond that, it's Fort Knox.
...Oh, and all the electric tools get the postcode engraved on them.
Andy
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The general lighting looks good Andy.....you may need a small incandescent light directly on a lathe or mill if you have them.....Derek
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:-))
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I will get a couple of anglepoise-types for close work. There are some cracking LED-bulb ones that can be wall (vertically) mounted and are super-flexible. Very tempting.
Workbenches in first, though ... I need to see what's required, and whether they can be wall-fixed or surface-movable.
Andy
Sorry - a re-read might mean you'd suggest incandescent bulbs to avoid flicker effects?
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My glass order ("6mm toughened, four this size, and one that size") was put in a week ago to a local firm. They said "seven days" so I popped in on the off-chance earlier this morning.
I was immediately asked for Friday's lottery numbers! - my glass had arrived literally a minute earlier, and they'd just been about to phone me. :-))
Later I table-sawed up some quality oak as battening (9mm by 15mm) and got through the best part of 30 metres for the five windows. Used about 200 nails to fit them in.
All done. The glass cutting was impeccable - the sizes just right.
Tomorrow? I start framing up the workbench supports out of pine stock and leftover timber from the end walls I haven't needed, and - now I'm completely weatherproof - may get a chance to start on the floor. Photos, of course, to follow.
The bill so far? This might be useful info...
2 tonnes concrete £ 120
2 Sheds £ 550
Guttering £ 50
Insulation £ 40
Ply Lining £ 190
Electrics £ 180
Fixings & Fillers £ 60
Glass £ 140
Oak £ 20
Pine Stock £ 15
Paints £ 40
Total so far £1405 - and maybe 80 hours work over two weeks.
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Just a little tip I learned years ago. Do not have windows in your shed. One reason is obvious and the other is you lose a wall for shelving. nemesis
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I get that, Nemesis, but at 5' across, I want the additional light, and added shelving would cut into my workspace just too much. :-))
Andy
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A couple of things spring to mind.
There is space above the window for a small shelf, even allowing for the slope of the roof. It does not have to be deep, as even a 6" shelf will safely support a 9" box, and you can tip it as it comes out to avoid the ceiling.
Benches you could consider. There are lots of plans for fold down benches attached to the wall that would only steal 2" from your floor area. Perhaps not for the main bench, but for auxiliary benches it is an option. There are loads of free plans online. A variation would be a bench that folds up flat against the glass to stop nosey people casually looking into the shop.
I assume you will be making your own benches. I always recommend in a small shop that everything is on wheels. I have a very heavy bench on 3" locking wheels that is great for cabinet making. It is only 2 foot deep, but if I need extra depth I can pull it out from the wall and lock the wheels.
You could also consider making benches on wheels under the window that are short enough to be rotated and place against the end wall. This would give you flexibility, and making cleaning up a doddle. The only thing to consider is if you were going to have a wall cabinet, on the end, it needs to be above bench height.
Depending on your headroom, you could also raise the floor to give you underfloor storage for infrequently used items.
The ceiling is also an ideal storage space for pipes and long timbers, but you have probably already thought of that.
For the windows, you can buy the opaque window films that will stop people looking in, but do not reduce light. The stuff I got is plastic, you spay a little water on to the glass and just roll on films and smooth it wish a squeegee, you can also re-position it if not straight. Mine has been on for maybe 5 years now, and is just peeling away a tiny bit at the corners.
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Problem with wooden structures is that they are too easy to break into. Many years ago I came home from work to find they had carefully cut around (with a padsaw type blade?) both the padlock hasps and removed them from the wall then prised open the mortice lock and stolen all my power tools.
I got it all repaired and the insurance paid out for the power tools. Six months later they came back and removed the shiplap from the rear of the shed and my tools had gone again - this time bypassing the door alarm I had installed! The police said this is a normal modus operandi, they know you will get stuff replaced, so they give 6 months or so and then target you again. The insurance would only pay out if I replaced the timber structure with either brick or concrete cast.
Just a point to bear in mind. Otherwise your shed is looking like its going to be a real mancave.
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Benches and filler applied, along with laminate flooring. Tomorrow? Painting.
(http://www.poyekhali.scot/shed/shed015.jpg)
...and then tidying up. :(
Andy
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Well done. You are making fast progress and your shed is superb.
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Thank you! (Busting a gut here - and pulling left-shoulder nerves, too - to get this done asap!)
Andy
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Looking good. Those interlocking gym floor mats are excellent in a workshop. I have two together in front of my bench and I can move them around the shop as needed, Clumsy as I am, I never trip over them, unlike some of the other mats I have used. If I didn't have heavy stuff to cart around, I would use them for the whole shop floor.
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Well after a bit of a tidy up this is all the space I need nowadays - gone are the days when I had a full shed to myself, now I get a corner of the room my wife uses for 'arty' stuff. Although big tools like the bandsaw, drill press etc are still in an outside store room, but I don't really work in there.
Table top needs a new cutting mat here but thats all, the room has been tidied around so that new central heating rads can be installed.
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Nearly there!
The building end:
(http://www.poyekhali.scot/shed/shed016.jpg)
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The messy end! :embarrassed:
(http://www.poyekhali.scot/shed/shed017.jpg)
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Looking really good Andy - and practical to boot O0 .
Also well planned and executed :-))
... Good on yer.
Regards
Ray